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On Fri, 2/13/2026 8:05 PM, Mr |un!on wrote:

Carlos E. R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

On 2026-02-13 23:27, Mr |un!on wrote to:

Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com>

[...]

I'm curious to know how it is that Paul happens to use the same 'reader
as you do; I haven't seen seen Ratcatcher/2.0.0.25 (Windows/20130802)
used elsewhere before.

Because Arlen uses faked random headers in his posts. This was in his
reply somewhere. He is not using the same reader as Paul, he is using
scripts.

[change of subject; news.software.readers added and followup to there]

If you're there, Paul, would you care to comment on Maria Sophia's
use of the same unusual User-Agent: string as you, please?

That is a custom on a Thunderbird, installed long ago.
Any updates kept the value. You can have any agent string
you want.

And it's unlikely any "written" USENET client (compiled language)
would be generating such a string on its own.

Paul

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Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> wrote:

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On Fri, 2/13/2026 8:05 PM, Mr +n!on wrote:

Carlos E. R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

On 2026-02-13 23:27, Mr +n!on wrote to:

Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com>

[...]

I'm curious to know how it is that Paul happens to use the same 'reader >>> as you do; I haven't seen seen Ratcatcher/2.0.0.25 (Windows/20130802)
used elsewhere before.

Because Arlen uses faked random headers in his posts. This was in his
reply somewhere. He is not using the same reader as Paul, he is using
scripts.

[change of subject; news.software.readers added and followup to there]

If you're there, Paul, would you care to comment on Maria Sophia's
use of the same unusual User-Agent: string as you, please?

That is a custom on a Thunderbird, installed long ago.
Any updates kept the value. You can have any agent string
you want.

And it's unlikely any "written" USENET client (compiled language)
would be generating such a string on its own.

Paul

Yes, I know that T'bird's User-Agent can be edited. I found it faintly interesting that Maria Sofia had adopted the same string, especially
as she addressed you with such familiarity. Whatever, fandom is a
strange thing. Thanks for your answer.
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Mr +n!on <onion@anon.invalid> wrote:

Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> wrote:

[your choice of additional newsgroups honoured]

On Fri, 2/13/2026 8:05 PM, Mr +n!on wrote:

Carlos E. R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

On 2026-02-13 23:27, Mr +n!on wrote to:

Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com>

[...]

I'm curious to know how it is that Paul happens to use the same 'reader >>> as you do; I haven't seen seen Ratcatcher/2.0.0.25 (Windows/20130802) >>> used elsewhere before.

Because Arlen uses faked random headers in his posts. This was in his
reply somewhere. He is not using the same reader as Paul, he is using
scripts.

[change of subject; news.software.readers added and followup to there]

If you're there, Paul, would you care to comment on Maria Sophia's
use of the same unusual User-Agent: string as you, please?

That is a custom on a Thunderbird, installed long ago.
Any updates kept the value. You can have any agent string
you want.

And it's unlikely any "written" USENET client (compiled language)
would be generating such a string on its own.

Paul

Yes, I know that T'bird's User-Agent can be edited. I found it faintly interesting that Maria Sofia had adopted the same string, especially
as she addressed you with such familiarity. Whatever, fandom is a
strange thing. Thanks for your answer.

As mentioned in other responses, such as Carlos' and mine, it has
nothing to do with fandom. 'Maria', commonly known as 'Arlen' (an old
nym) just copies ('steals') headers and in this case, he happened to
copy Paul's 'User-Agent:' header. As he copies headers at random,
there's no relation between his (ab)use of Paul's header and his
'familiarity' with Paul.
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Frank Slootweg wrote:

As mentioned in other responses, such as Carlos' and mine, it has
nothing to do with fandom.

Just to be fair to Carlos, I don't see why Franklin constantly pulls in the "well he said it too!" in defense of Franklin's own actions, but more to
the point of the OP on Paul, I respect Paul, not only for his acumen and
for his purposefully helpful attitude (which is the antithesis of
Franklin's hate-filled demeanor), but also because Paul has social skills
which I completely lack when it comes to trying to stop Franklin's trolls.

Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-10
Subject: Note directly to the unprepossessingly disgusting Slootweg troll.
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2025 16:53:20 -0000 (UTC)
Message-ID: <10d351v$mcl$1@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com>

Paul, for reasons that I admire, doesn't respond to Franklin's trolls.
He let's Franklin Slootweg's trolls fall by the wayside better than I can.

Hence, I admire Paul for having the same deeply caring personality that I
have but with a more graceful Knight's armor against these common trolls.

I invest hours into each of my PSAs and tutorials becvause I care about
people, and I respect them, where Franklin is the antithesis in all ways.

Franklin never shows any understanding of the topic.
Nor does Franklin ever add any on-topic value to any technical topic.

All Franklin Slootweg can do... is troll.
Franklin feels a desperation to troll that I have no skills to combat.

I admire that Paul shrugs off Franklin Slootweg's trolls better'n I can.

As for the privacy concept inherent in random dictionary lookups, the OP
might consider how effective it would be if each line was unique to Usenet?

BTW, if the OP is the Sn!pe common troll, please identify yourself as such.
As that will earn the OP on the killfile along with Snit & Alan Baker.
--
Of the million things to know about privacy, most people know about three.
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Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> wrote:

BTW, if the OP is the Sn!pe common troll, please identify yourself as such.

Of course I'm Sn!pe, can't you read headers?

FYI, I aspire to be a troll hunter, not a troll;
I will be following your career with interest.
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From Newsgroup: alt.os.linux.ubuntu

Mr +n!on wrote:

BTW, if the OP is the Sn!pe common troll, please identify yourself as such.

Of course I'm Sn!pe, can't you read headers?

My newsreader displays only the article & attributes, not the headers.

Hence, it's work for me to delve into the headers, should I desire to look.
But your posts had all the social attributes of Snit, Alan Baker & Sn!pe.

It's work for me to plonk someone because I have to dive into the code, but I'll do it as a nod to the fact I already know you can never add value.

To help you spend the next century fruitlessly searching for trolls from me which don't exist, I've taken the liberty of syncing to your newsreader.
--
One problem with Usenet is that there are people who can't ever contribute
but who feel desperate to ruin the threads where people are contributing.
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Arlen <mariasophia@comprehension.com> wrote:

I've taken the liberty of syncing to your newsreader.

Bizarre.
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When we shake the ketchup bottle
At first none comes and then a lot'll.
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